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Why Japan's Plan for a "Super" Battleship During World War II Never Happened

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The Five Most Epic Battleship Showdowns of All Time

When This Battleship Sank, Nearby Sailors Experienced What Felt Like a Nuclear Weapons Blast

The Japanese battleship Yamato in the late stages of construction alongside of a large fitting out pontoon at the Kure Naval Base, Japan, 20 September 1941. U.S. Navy, courtesy of Lieutenant Commander Shizuo Fukui.

Deathmatch: Hitler's Super Warship Bismarck vs. Japan's Mammoth Battleship Yamato

By U.S. Navy photo 80-G-325952, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=382967

This Is the Biggest Battleship Ever Built. It Was Almost Impossible to Sink.

The Austro-Hungarian battleship Viribus Unitis in 1912. Courtesy of the International Naval Research Organization.

Oops! Building These Five Battleships Was a Big Mistake

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The Death of Japan's Yamato Battleship was Epic

The Yamato Was Hell to Sink—And It Went Out With a Bang Like a Nuclear Blast

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